title: Nicotine dependency and adolescents: preventing and treating.
abstract: Teenage tobacco use is an increasingly prevalent health problem in this country. Three thousand teenagers become regular smokers each day. This article reviews adolescent tobacco use and its health dangers; a brief-office intervention for tobacco cessation in adolescents is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adolescent Health, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Lamkin
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Houston
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology